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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’d be surprised the effect that gray hair alone has. A mom who is younger than I am is mistaken for the grandmother because she is allergic to hair dye. And today on the metro i White haired woman came on and a middle aged woman with dark hair immediately gave up her seat.  It when I looked at their faces I wondered if the white haired woman was actually younger.[/quote]

Yes, this.  People look at the hair and make assumptions about age, because (although it's changing), almost everyone dyes their hair until they hit about 70 years old.  So people tend to assume that you are older when your hair is gray.  But often if you look past the gray hair, their face looks more vibrant/healthy/younger because the dye color isn't clashing with their face.   Often hair dye clashes with the face, and then some people build their wardrobe around their dyed hair, and everything looks good--except their face.

I let my hair go gray at around 48 years old.  All of a sudden people thought I was grandma to my kids.  But my face actually looks younger with the gray, and I get a compliment on my skin about once every two weeks (that's a LOT!)

OP, I'm sure this mom is used to it.  It is a certain personality that decides to keep their hair gray, and even if it is due to allergy, the process of going gray/keeping one's hair gray affects one's personality and takes them out of the "I must look younger" mindset.  I'm fairly confident that she won't care that you thought she was her kids' grandma.  By definition, she is not trying to look young; it's not on her high priority list.[/quote]

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